#4D4911#4D4911

#4D4911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.074 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4911
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 17)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, -5.91, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 32.84, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% -0.0195 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.074 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5445, 6.3835, 1.4703)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4911 #11154D

analogous

#4D2B11 #4D4911 #334D11

triadic

#4D4911 #114D49 #49114D

tetradic

#4D4911 #114D2B #11154D #4D1133

square

#4D4911 #114D2B #11154D #4D1133

split-complementary

#4D4911 #11334D #2B114D

monochromatic

#191806 #1B1906 #4D4911 #7F791C #B1A827

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4D4911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4D4911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4911

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4911	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.074 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b53',
    500: '#4d4911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4911;
$custom-light: #817b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39763,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4911

secondary

#333986

accent

#4CE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4911

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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